Hyderabad, March 5 -- The Telangana High Court, on Tuesday, sought clarification from petitioner D Vijaypal Reddy regarding the court's jurisdiction to compel an opposition leader, in this case, BRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR), to fulfill their Assembly duties or arrange alternatives if the leader fails to do so.

A bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Renuka Yara granted two weeks for Reddy, general secretary of the Federation of Farmers Associations in Telangana, to respond.

Reddy filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), arguing that K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), the Leader of the Opposition (LoP), had been neglecting his duties by avoiding assembly sessions.

His counsel, P Srinivas Reddy, claimed this unde...